Roadkill

The water pump 
	with the rusting red handle
doesn't pump anymore,
	not since Eldridge came and left.
That's the name of the main road
	through town you know, Eldridge.
When he left
	the well dried.
Mertyl down at the diner
	had to let young Sally go.
The fields are parched
	because no one tends them.
Workers don't feel 
	like working no more.
Eldridge left,
	but we're still here.

Back where you came from